Poll: Minimum Caliber You Carry

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Long time ago I would have voted .380. But with the new mouse pistols out (i.e. PM-9, PF-9 etc). There really is no excuse for carrying smaller then a 9mm.

To keep from being arrested, at times, a Ruger LCP is all I can carry. In Central Texas, it is warm to hot for 9 months out of the year. I walk around in elastic waste band athletic shorts. Anything heavier would place me in danger of being arrested for indecent exposure!

If I am wearing jeans and a belt, I carry a Kimber Ultra Carry II .45 ACP.

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Show them the way to shoot for the moon.
If they miss, push them to reach out for a star.
If any gang banger punks try to divert their attention...
show them the light as well.

I admit it. I've carried a .380. My wife's LCP is sometimes too easy to slip in the pocket, sometimes. I'm so ashamed of myself, I've actually even degraded to consider buying my own, so I don't have to ask my wife to use her's.

"A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government." -source

I have slipped my Tomcat (.32 ACP) in my pocket to "take out the trash", but I generally carry my .44 S&W Special. I DO like my Zastava M70 (in .32 ACP) because of its longer barrel. (It prefers Sellier & Bellot ammunition, because of its higher recoil impulse.)

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It all depends on what you can handle. I dont think it makes any sense to carry with less than 9mm but anything even .25 is better than nothing at all. If I could afford a 10mm I'd carry that but for now .45 with 230gr HSTs will have to do